A few tips both as a candidate and hiring manager:
Always negotiate - there is a small chance that a company will withdraw the offer when you try to negotiate. If that happens - congratulations, you dodged a bullet, you avoided a crappy company. Good companies will negotiate with you, and in the wors case they'll say "sorry, we can't do better, this is our fonal offer"
If you negotiate directly with the company (without external recruiters) - don't tell them your current salary, this gives the company negotiation advantage. In some countries it's illegal to ask about it, in some it's very common - but it's almost always bad for the candidate.
Understand the total value of the offer - pension scheme, health insurance, PTO, guaranteed bonus, maximum bonus, shares - when you compare different offers or an offer against your current package, understand the value of all the components
You can negotiate more than basic salary - depends on the company, country etc. often companies have fixed policies regarding different parts of compensation, but you can always try to negotiate it. They can't offer higher salary - what about bonus? what about PTO? I've had people telling me they don't want more cash, but they want 5 more days off a year cause they want to spind more time with their kids
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A few tips both as a candidate and hiring manager:
Always negotiate - there is a small chance that a company will withdraw the offer when you try to negotiate. If that happens - congratulations, you dodged a bullet, you avoided a crappy company. Good companies will negotiate with you, and in the wors case they'll say "sorry, we can't do better, this is our fonal offer"
If you negotiate directly with the company (without external recruiters) - don't tell them your current salary, this gives the company negotiation advantage. In some countries it's illegal to ask about it, in some it's very common - but it's almost always bad for the candidate.
Understand the total value of the offer - pension scheme, health insurance, PTO, guaranteed bonus, maximum bonus, shares - when you compare different offers or an offer against your current package, understand the value of all the components
You can negotiate more than basic salary - depends on the company, country etc. often companies have fixed policies regarding different parts of compensation, but you can always try to negotiate it. They can't offer higher salary - what about bonus? what about PTO? I've had people telling me they don't want more cash, but they want 5 more days off a year cause they want to spind more time with their kids